Elite Mental performance Blog

How Swimmers Can Overcome Performance Anxiety: 3 Bottom-Up Practices You Can Use

How Swimmers Can Overcome Performance Anxiety: 3 Bottom-Up Practices You Can Useby: Alex BolowichPublished on: 09/08/2026

Performance anxiety in swimming is a nervous system problem that requires more than basic mental performance skills. Learn our 3 cutting-edge strategies elite swimmers use to race free and drop time.

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How Swimmers Can Overcome Performance Anxiety: 3 Bottom-Up Practices You Can Use

Building Mental Strength In Teen Athletes Requires Stress: 5 Methods For Parents and Coaches

Building Mental Strength In Teen Athletes Requires Stress: 5 Methods For Parents and Coachesby: Alex BolowichPublished on: 20/07/2026

Most "mentally weak" athletes were made that way. Here is how parents and coaches build real mental strength in teen athletes, backed by sport science.

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Building Mental Strength In Teen Athletes Requires Stress: 5 Methods For Parents and Coaches

Are Athletes Becoming Mentally Weaker?

Are Athletes Becoming Mentally Weaker?by: Alex BolowichPublished on: 13/05/2026

Are athletes becoming mentally weaker? The real answer challenges coaches, parents, and athletes to look in a very different direction entirely. And how to build mental toughness before it ruins the athletes' performance.

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Are Athletes Becoming Mentally Weaker?

Mental Endurance: Why Your Brain Quits Before Your Body Does

Mental Endurance: Why Your Brain Quits Before Your Body Doesby: Alex BolowichPublished on: 04/05/2026

Your brain quits before your body does. Learn the science of mental endurance, why it limits athlete performance, and evidence-based ways to train it.

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Mental Endurance: Why Your Brain Quits Before Your Body Does